Sharing Files and Apps

Here is what I want to do:
I am trying to set up a separate user Account for my 15yo son. He already has a stack of Garage Band compositions on my User Account.
How do I let him have access to my Account for his Garage Band stuff without letting him have full access?
I want his account to have Parental Control limits.

misso1 wrote:
I am trying to set up a separate user Account for my 15yo son. He already has a stack of Garage Band compositions on my User Account.
How do I let him have access to my Account for his Garage Band stuff without letting him have full access?
Why not just move "his Garage Band stuff" to the new account? It's probably in <yourhomefolder>/Music I'd copy it from there to /Users/Shared or to <yourhomefolder>/Public, then move it from there to <hishomefolder>/Music.
The sharing of the Garage Band app itself should be pretty much automatic if you enable it in Parental Controls.

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